OT: Never forget - 9/11

[Pgh2Storrs]

Was a Freshman in a CT HS at the time. My school had 2 or 3 pay phones back then and I remember the longest line of students waiting to get on the phones to call their parents who worked in NYC.

All of my teachers went about the day as business as usual and I will never forgive them. We had no cell phones so we got our info throughout the day in between periods from kids who were eating lunch the period before and got to watch on the TVs.

I was a sophomore in HS at the time and my school operated similarly. Teachers knew what was going on, but the school district sent out a notification that all staff were not to turn on the TV or discuss the events with students in an effort to prevent panic (cell phones were still somewhat new and anyone who did have one, had to have it in their locker). I remember going into classes with our teachers crying/unable to speak and thinking maybe a staff member/student had passed away. Obviously in today’s age with cell phones, there’s no way they could have kept events like this from getting out but the confusion/paranoia of not knowing what was occurring that day still resonates